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Dreamt that I woke up, and found a snake sitting on my chest, just as it struck I actually woke up. Checked the bed and floor for a snake just to be on the safe side, lol.

Honestly, I've had a couple of dreams like this (snake in the bed or something). I wake up, check the bed, and walk around - all while half asleep. Eventually I actually wake up and realize how stupid I was for thinking it was real.

It has been many years ago, but I had about three different bouts of the classic "sleep paralysis".

For anyone not familiar with the sensation, it is difficult to explain, however, I was both asleep and awake at the same time. i don't recall what I had been dreaming about, but I was suddenly aware that I was in fact dreaming. I think they call that lucid dreaming.

Soon after, I tried to wake up but was unable. What made it so panic like was not only could I not wake up, I could not move any muscle in my body, no matter how hard I tried. It felt like there was a tremendous weight on my chest, too, making it tough to breath. I believe that might be part of the old "hag dreams" you sometimes hear about. It must be similar to what some people feel in a panic attack, although I have never had one of those. Felt totally helpless, and I reckon I was.

This sensation lasted several minutes and I even realized, what was happening, but it still is a very scary feeling, quite aware of the normal sounds in the physical world. I had to remind myself that while this is somewhat rare, it is nothing really dangerous. Eventually, obviously, I woke up fully, and was no worse for the wear after gathering my senses and calming down.

Don't know what caused it, other than it may have been trigger from the lucid dream state. Luckily, the last one I had has been at least 25 years ago. Hope I never have another.

__________________"When I was young I looked like Al Capone, but I lacked his compassion." - Oscar Levant

It has been many years ago, but I had about three different bouts of the classic "sleep paralysis".

For anyone not familiar with the sensation, it is difficult to explain, however, I was both asleep and awake at the same time. i don't recall what I had been dreaming about, but I was suddenly aware that I was in fact dreaming. I think they call that lucid dreaming.

Soon after, I tried to wake up but was unable. What made it so panic like was not only could I not wake up, I could not move any muscle in my body, no matter how hard I tried. It felt like there was a tremendous weight on my chest, too, making it tough to breath. I believe that might be part of the old "hag dreams" you sometimes hear about. It must be similar to what some people feel in a panic attack, although I have never had one of those. Felt totally helpless, and I reckon I was.

This sensation lasted several minutes and I even realized, what was happening, but it still is a very scary feeling, quite aware of the normal sounds in the physical world. I had to remind myself that while this is somewhat rare, it is nothing really dangerous. Eventually, obviously, I woke up fully, and was no worse for the wear after gathering my senses and calming down.

Don't know what caused it, other than it may have been trigger from the lucid dream state. Luckily, the last one I had has been at least 25 years ago. Hope I never have another.

I've had something similar, maybe the same thing, happen a few times. But I'm not sure if I am actually awake and can't move or dreaming that I can't move. Typically in the dream there is a loved one that needs my help but I can't move out of my bed nor can I make a single sound. When I finally wake up, there is nothing happening. That's why I'm not sure if I am awake at all. I've probably had a half dozen or so of these.

I've had something similar, maybe the same thing, happen a few times. But I'm not sure if I am actually awake and can't move or dreaming that I can't move. Typically in the dream there is a loved one that needs my help but I can't move out of my bed nor can I make a single sound. When I finally wake up, there is nothing happening. That's why I'm not sure if I am awake at all. I've probably had a half dozen or so of these.

No doubt there are several variations or stages to this and other sleep anomalies. I was most definitely awake, yet not awake. Once I tried to wake up from my dream, the dream stopped. It was simply me, in bed, paralysis of all moment, unable to open my eyes and get to a normal, waking state. I was afraid I would suffocate with the pressure I felt on my chest and not feeling a normal breath. That is what scared me most and knowing I could not control my own body.

I am the type person who very rarely remembers dreams or even dreaming (which we all do, of course, many times a night, and I happened to hear recently someone estimate up to 30 dreams in a normal, full night's sleep), at all. I am OK with that.

__________________"When I was young I looked like Al Capone, but I lacked his compassion." - Oscar Levant

Had a dream one night that I was standing at the bed of one of my parents as they were taking their last breath... that scared the shit out of me and made me emotional when I woke up from it. Thank god it was only a dream.

As for scariest, I had just fallen asleep one time when I dreamt there was this large spider that repelled from the ceiling and onto body as I was sleeping. I woke up so quickly and starting flinging my pillows and stuff around trying to find the damn thing... Glad it was just a dream because I do not like spiders!

I hammock backpack a lot, hammock with a tarp over it is my shelter. Last time I went I had a dream that a bear was about to attack me in my hammock and the only thing I had to defend myself with was a stick.

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I think it would be awesome if you could get Morgan Freeman's voice on a GPS. It would be like he's narrating your travels

The one that shook me up the most was the one that actually came
true. I've posted that a couple of times before here.

The one that scared me the most was re-occurring dream I had about
two years ago, of walking down twisting road in the mountains all alone
and hearing the sound of a vehicle coming fast from a distance. I start
running and looking back and this white jeep is swerving back and forth
down this road and no matter where I move to get out of the way, it
keeps moving in line and towards me. I ended up jumping off the side
of the road and falling several feet and looking up to see the jeep
tumbling down the hill towards me as well. Just as it gets on top of
me I wake up.

Never used to have re-occurring dreams like that, but I had that same
dream several days apart three times. It finally stopped, and hasn't
happened again.

The worst for me were the dreams where i would feel like i was free falling all of a sudden. Woke me up everytime because it felt like I was on the Drop zone at Carowinds. I actually looked it up and its called a "Hypnic Jerk", says about 70% of people have experienced it.

The worst for me were the dreams where i would feel like i was free falling all of a sudden. Woke me up everytime because it felt like I was on the Drop zone at Carowinds. I actually looked it up and its called a "Hypnic Jerk", says about 70% of people have experienced it.

In my dream, I was lying awake in my bed looking at the trees outside. Just a normal night trying to go to sleep. But then, out of nowhere there is this blinding flash of light and a low boom. My heart starts thudding. I can hear car alarms going off in the distance and the wind starts picking up. Finally I regain my sight. In the distance there is a giant mushroom cloud. I get the overwhelming sense that the "shockwave" is coming my way. I am too terrified to move so I continue to watch in horror.

I hear a deep dog bark and growl and see the form of a black dog. It is looking straight at me and then starts to sprint at my window. It jumps through and lands on my chest pinning me to my bed. Its saliva was mixed with blood that was dripping all over me and my sheets. I open my mouth to yell for help but when I do it lunges at me and stuffs its head and its front legs down my throat. I can't breathe and I feel it scratching its way down my throat and latching its jaws on my heart. It tugs and pulls my heart out of my throat like it is playing tug-of-war and then holds my heart in my jaws as I stare at it. I wake up...